Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg vicinity, Blaine County, MT

NEW SEARCH

HELP

ABOUT COLLECTION

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

8 b&w photos
2 data pages
2 photo caption pages
5 color transparencies

How to obtain copies of this item

TITLE:
Milk River Bridge at Coberg, Spanning Milk River, Coburg vicinity, Blaine County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,3-COBU,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 5

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-4

Building/structure dates: 1916 initial construction

Significance: This single span, pin-connected Camelback through truss (with subdivided member) was erected in 1916 by O.E. Peppard of Missoula, and is the only existing timber structure of this type in the state. Located east of Coburg, the bridge afforded a crossing of the Milk River for residents of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation...

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Blaine County--Coburg vicinity
civil engineering
Indians of North America
truss bridges

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mt0072

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW LOOKING WEST, GENERAL ELEVATION SHOWING RIVERBANK LANDSCAPE
2. VIEW LOOKING WEST, GENERAL ELEVATION
3. VIEW LOOKING NORTH, 'BARREL SHOT' SHOWING BUILDER'S PLATE
4. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, DETAIL OF DECKING AND LATERAL BRACING AT MID-SPAN
5. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, DETAIL OF SOUTH PORTAL WITH FRED QUIVIK
6. DETAIL VIEW OF BUILDER'S PLATE AND TOP CHORD INCLINED ENDPOST CONNECTION
7. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD PIN CONNECTION SHOWING WOODEN FLOOR BEAMS
8. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD BRIDGE SEAT AT ABUTMENT
VIEW LOOKING WEST, GENERAL ELEVATION SHOWING RIVERBANK LANDSCAPE
VIEW LOOKING WEST, GENERAL ELEVATION
VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, DETAIL OF SOUTH PORTAL
GENERAL VIEW LOOKING EAST
"BARREL SHOT" LOOKING SOUTH

CONTROL #:
MT0072

NEW SEARCH HELP ABOUT COLLECTION